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1990's CCG Explosion

OK. Well the 1990's is when collectible card games pretty much exploded into the market. Magic: The Gathering was a huge success so everyone tried to get on the band wagon. Who here has played, or is now playing, a CCG that is now defunct? I played X-Files which is not longer around. In fact it was cancelled right before a 2nd expansion was to be sent to the printers.

I played Harry Potter but that died too. Not enough interest from younger players. The game mechanics were fine, but the marketing for the game was poor.

I still play Mythos once a month with some friends from Western Washington that enjoy Lovecraft's stories. This is by far my favorite CCG and is still a fun play. The game isn't technically dead -- just on hold until Chaosium can get enough money to produce it again.

So any other dead CCG's that people used to enjoy? And if you collected the cards for X-Files, Mythos, and Harry Potter, please feel free to send me a PM. I may be looking to trade or buy some cards.

It's far from dead I suppose but I play Star Wars TCG from WOTC. I can see it getting cancelled in a few years or at least going into hibernation. I know of noone other than my 8-year-old son who plays on a regular basis. None of the card shops I frequent ever have tournaments or demos and I have yet to see anyone just playing it.

It's a great game but hasn't caught on like Magic or Warhammer.

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2.) Aliens Predator (and later Terminator) was a great fun multiplayer game.

3.) Yu-Gi-Oh - okay, it's not dead by any means, but I love it and still play.

4.) Magic - it was an okay game to me. I bought cards here and there and play once in a while for fun and a change of pace

5.) Pokemon TCG - Hey, say what you will about the shows and the non RPG games, they all suck and I don't like them. But the card game was actually fun and I collected up to Legendary Collection..got a few new casrds, but nothing substantial...

7.) SW: TCG by WotC - Tried it and it...SUCKS...sorry, I'll never like it and it's a very poor replacement for SW CCG

8.) TMNT TCG - picked up the 2 player start, but haven't had a chance to play it yet. Seems pretty decent, but simple like Yu-Gi-Oh. Haven't even seen boosters for it. Anyone get to play it? I love the look of the cards...

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I collected but never played the SW CCG. I stopped around the time Jabba's Palace came out. I never really knew anyone else that played. I loved the images on the cards. I thought it sucked that LFL cancelled the license and moved it to WoTC.

Re: 1990's CCG Explosion

Dr. E, I agree completely! Biggest mistake LFL couldhave done was go to WotC. Their game sucks. SW: CCG was a great game, but yeah, I didn't know too many who played either in real life. I played mostly online at the Decipher Palace, or on cardtable...heck, even over AIM...

“Denial is in the eyes of the person you’re arguing with.” - Me

"I try not to set standards. I don't like to show people I'm superior." - Me